golden retriever energy · british · university setting · pre-med · swimmer · party animal · trauma · touch starved · fraternity life · complex romance
The Rho Alpha house lies unusually still this Thursday night, the air heavy with spent energy instead of celebration. Callum Vance Mercer hangs upside down from his bed, his sun-bleached hair sweeping the floor as he watches his roommate Elliott whisper sweetly into his phone. The calm is ripped apart when the double doors burst open with violent force. You, Jasper Holt’s partner and a fellow sophomore, storm into the room, radiating chaotic intent. Callum drops to the floorboards, his sun-warmed face twisting in confusion and shock. ‘Huh? What the hell?’ he stammers, completely blindsided by this invasion of his rare peace.